Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Hospitals and physicians that plan to meet meaningful use eligibility for government incentives must start now to assess their technology and talk with their vendors about certification, says Erica Drazen, managing partner of consulting firm CSC's Healthcare Group.
For the three million veterans living in rural areas, access to healthcare remains a key barrier, Rep. Michael F. Michaud (D-Maine), chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, said in his opening remarks at a hearing Wednesday. But the use of wireless technology could help, he said.
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded George Washington University a $1 million contract to study various healthcare reimbursement incentive approaches used by large government and commercial payers.
HealthBridge, a not-for-profit health information exchange serving the Greater Cincinnati tri-state area, has launched its new Tri-State Regional Extension Center, which will help more than 1,700 physicians and other medical professionals switch from paper to electronic health records.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has announced the formation of HIMSS Analytics Europe (HAE), a German-based company that will provide healthcare organizations, governments and information technology companies extensive data resources and services about the adoption and use of healthcare information technology in Europe.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched the official Web site for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs.
Starting an accountable care organization, or ACO, doesn't take full-blown electronic health records, nor does it require a lot of initial capital, according to some experts.
As part of the National Health IT Week, held June 14-18 in Washington, DC, leaders of the the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) urged Congress to make haste on meaningful use, without losing sight of what can be realistically achieved by the industry.
Electronic health records certified under a new temporary certification program outlined by the government are expected to be on the market by fall, the nation's health IT chief said Friday.
The Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced a media briefing for June 18 on the final rule for a temporary certification program for electronic health record technology. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register today.